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South African business confidence gets boost from coalition government, survey shows
4th September 2024 South African business confidence rose in the third quarter, helped by improving optimism about the business climate after the formation of a... →
DR Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday
4th September 2024 The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's mpox outbreak response said on Wednesday that Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox... →
Africa faces steep costs as temperatures soar, says WMO
2nd September 2024 Africa faces an increasingly heavy toll from climate change with many countries having to spend up to 9% of their budgets battling climate... →
Tunisia police arrest presidential candidate as pre-election tension rises
2nd September 2024 Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel on Monday, a member of his campaign told Reuters, amid growing fears among rights... →
Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital
2nd September 2024 Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as... →
Libya central bank showdown risks spiralling into wider crisis
2nd September 2024 A struggle to control the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has already sparked a blockade of oil production and it threatens the worst crisis in years... →
US imposes visa restrictions on South Sudan individuals, State Dept says
30th August 2024 The United States is imposing visa restrictions on members of the government and others who have obstructed humanitarian aid to the country by... →
South Africa getting to grips with economic reforms, central bank governor says
30th August 2024 South Africa is getting to grips with reforms that could lift its economic potential, its central-bank governor said on Thursday, adding that... →
Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup
29th August 2024 Nigeria and Niger have signed a deal to boost their security cooperation, the Nigerian military said on Thursday, despite tensions between the... →
Tunisia court allows prominent candidate Znaidi to run in presidential race
29th August 2024 The Tunisian Administrative Court upheld on Thursday an appeal by prominent candidate Mondher Znaidi, thereby allowing him to return to the... →
Nigeria receives 10 000 doses of mpox vaccines from US
29th August 2024 Nigeria has received 10 000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the US Agency for International Development, the first batch of the vaccine to reach the... →
China's lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years, study shows
29th August 2024 Chinese lenders approved loans worth $4.61-billion to Africa last year, marking the first annual increase since 2016, an independent study showed... →
What's behind Libya's oil shutdown
28th August 2024 Libya's latest oil shutdown has pushed up global energy prices. This explains the situation. HOW DID WE GET HERE? Since the 2011 NATO-backed... →
Mpox to add to sub-Saharan Africa's fiscal pressures, rating agency Fitch warns
28th August 2024 A rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already experiencing,... →
Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security pact, sources say
28th August 2024 Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali government sources said, a move... →
UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreads
28th August 2024 The United Nations World Food Program is investigating two of its top officials in Sudan over allegations including fraud and concealing... →
Spain to donate 500 000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa
27th August 2024 Spain will donate 500 000 doses of the mpox vaccine, or 20% of its stockpile, to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, the Health Ministry... →
UN agencies concerned by mpox spread in Congo's refugee camps
27th August 2024 United Nations agencies on Tuesday raised the alarm about the spread of mpox in Democratic Republic of Congo's refugee camps where people are more... →
Namibia to cull 83 elephants and distribute meat to people affected by drought
27th August 2024 Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a... →
Tunisian court allows Mekki to return to presidential race
27th August 2024 A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an appeal by prominent opposition politician Abdellatif Mekki, allowing him to resume his bid for the presidency... →
New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blindly’ to respond
27th August 2024 Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected and... →
South Africa could have no power cuts this summer if unplanned losses stay low - Eskom
26th August 2024 South African state utility Eskom does not expect to implement scheduled power cuts over the summer months if unplanned losses remain below 13... →
Libya's eastern government says all oilfields to close
26th August 2024 The government in eastern Libya announced on Monday that all oilfields would be closed down and production and exports halted, while there was no... →
Germany to donate 100 000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa
26th August 2024 Germany will donate 100 000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as... →
Ghana presidential contenders promise to ease hardship as campaign ramps up
26th August 2024 The two main contenders in Ghana's presidential election have launched duelling manifestos promising fiscal stability, jobs and a path out of the... →
Cholera spreads as Sudan grapples with rains and displacement
23rd August 2024 For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the last month as rains fall in... →
Libya armed mobilisation causes concern, UN says
23rd August 2024 The United Nations (UN) Libya mission said late on Thursday it was concerned about reports of forces mobilising in Tripoli and threats of force to... →
Egypt plans to return oil, gas production to normal from 2025, PM says
22nd August 2024 Egypt plans to return oil and gas production to normal levels from 2025 with the help of international partners, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly... →
At least 10 killed by gunmen in northern Nigeria, residents say
22nd August 2024 Gunmen in Nigeria killed at least 10 farmers on Wednesday in an attack on a village in the northern Niger state, residents said. Armed gangs, known... →
Thailand confirms mpox case is clade 1b, second outside of Africa
22nd August 2024 Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant... →
Aid trucks trickle into Darfur as army pauses delivery ban
22nd August 2024 A fraction of available aid has passed through the Adre border crossing from Chad into Sudan's hunger-ravaged Darfur region this week following a... →
West African juntas write to UN over Ukraine's alleged rebel support
21st August 2024 The juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukraine's alleged support of rebel... →
South Africa inflation drops sharply, cementing rate cut expectations
21st August 2024 South Africa's inflation dropped more than expected in July, falling to within touching distance of the central bank's target and cementing... →
UN migration agency appeals for $18.5-million in assistance for mpox outbreak
21st August 2024 The United Nation's International Organisation for Migration appealed on Wednesday for $18.5-million in assistance to provide health care services... →
Thailand says mpox case recorded in foreigner travelling from Africa
21st August 2024 Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a... →
Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
21st August 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire... →
Egypt's Sisi, Blinken discuss ways to move forward in Gaza ceasefire negotiations
20th August 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal as he visited Egypt on Tuesday, but... →
Mpox is not the new Covid, says WHO official
20th August 2024 A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new Covid, as... →
Kenya's top court suspends judgment declaring 2023 finance law unconstitutional
20th August 2024 Kenya's top court on Tuesday suspended a lower court's judgment issued late last month that the 2023 finance law was unconstitutional. The finance... →
Congo hopes to receive first mpox vaccines by next week
20th August 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo hopes to receive its first doses of an mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the US and Japan to help... →
Egypt extends term of central bank governor for a third year
19th August 2024 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has extended the term of acting central bank governor Hasan Abdalla for a third year, the official gazette... →
